SIXTEEN wins in succession, a clean sheet in a grand final and a men's Premier League Hockey crown - St Pat's 6-0 victory over Lithgow Panthers at Bob Roach Field on Saturday certainly underlined a dominant season.

Twelve months after heartbreak on grand final day when suffering a shock loss to Panthers, Pat's hardly gave their rivals a look in as they scored three goals in each half.

Such was the clinical, dominant nature of the Saints' performance that they had more on target shots - 17 - than the Panthers had circle penetrations with a count of nine.

"That was awesome, I am really happy," St Pat's coach Ben Hurford said.

"From what I noticed before the game, the guys were really relaxed, so I was fairly confident going into it. We controlled that first half really well with our possession, we took our opportunities and yeah, they deserved it.

"The hardest thing is watching, but I am really proud of them. It is pretty special to go through undefeated and no draws either, so we didn't drop a point. To do that is just the icing on the cake really."

Pat's earned the first of their six penalty corners for the match after just two minutes and while Panthers goalkeeper Mitch Britton - who was superb in a beaten side - got a glove to Matt Naylor's attempt, it was sign of what was to follow.

There was one nervous moment for the Saints when Travis Cameron beat a diving Travis Cartwright only to see his shot strike the post. That was in the ninth minute and was the Panthers' only real chance of the first half.

Josh Toole hit the post soon after with a deflection off a Naylor cross, but when Naylor pounced on a loose ball in the circle in the 15th minute, there was no denying him.

Cameron Liles doubled Pat's lead with a powerful effort from the top of the circle five minutes later as the blue and whites intensity, slick but in the main patient passing, and hard work off the ball paid dividends.

Pat's continued to mount the pressure with both Toole and Luke Thorncraft coming close as they connected with Sam Macpherson crosses, while Britton made two more quality blocks off penalty corner plays to deny Tobbie Muldoon and Naylor.

But when Pat's were awarded another penalty corner on the stroke of half-time, Naylor's drag-flick cannoned into the right post and deflected into the net to make it 3-0.

From there the Saints' confidence only grew.

"That short corner at half-time, that just gave us that little bit extra buffer," Hurford said.

"At 2-0 Lithgow were certainly still in it, but that goal just gave us the confidence to go on with it. It just gave us a bit of reassurance."

Early in the second half Panthers earned a pair of penalty corners, but Pat's co-captain Shane Conroy made a pair of quality blocks off Cameron and then quickly launched a counter-attack.

That led to a Peter Cobcroft goal and when Naylor made it a hat-trick for the afternoon with another successful penalty corner play, it was clear there would be no miracle Panthers comeback.

Toole iced the win with a sixth goal with nine minutes remaining, his effort the 90th successful strike of Pat's 2015 campaign.

"The boys were really good today, our display was just top notch," Hurford said.

"Lithgow played 11 behind, I don't know what their tactics were - maybe to break out - but our defence has been good all year and we really didn't look troubled at any point."

ST PAT'S 6 (Matt Naylor 3, Josh Toole, Peter Cobcroft, Cameron Liles) defeated LITHGOW PANTHERS 0